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Hear from our opening lecturer, British writer and director Mike Leigh, whose body of work includes Life is Sweet (1990), Secrets & Lies (1996), Happy-Go-Lucky (2008), Mr Turner (2014) and Hard Truths (2024).
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Despite being known for his distinctly stylised approach to storytelling, in Mike Leigh’s own words, “style doesn’t become a substitute for truth and reality”. With a unique approach involving extensive improvisation and rehearsals, Leigh has collaborated with incredible British talents including Timothy Spall, Alison Steadman and Brenda Blethyn on acclaimed films such as Life is Sweet (1990), Secrets & Lies (1996) and Mr Turner (2014).
Having just completed his sixteenth film, Hard Truths (2024), Mike Leigh is a true luminary in the film industry. Join us as he opens this year’s Screenwriters’ Lecture Series.
Please join us for a drinks reception in the Ray Dolby Room after this lecture.
About Mike Leigh
Writer-director Mike Leigh trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Camberwell and Central Art Schools in London, and at the London Film School.
His first feature film was Bleak Moments (1971); this was followed by the full-length television films, Hard Labour (1973), Nuts in May (1975), The Kiss of Death (1976), Who’s Who (1978), Grown-Ups (1980), Home Sweet Home (1982), Meantime (1983), and Four Days In July (1984).
Other feature films are High Hopes (1988), Life Is Sweet (1990), Naked (1993)), Secrets and Lies (1996), Career Girls (1997), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All Or Nothing (2002), Vera Drake (2004) Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) Another Year (2010) Mr. Turner (2014) and Peterloo (2018).
He has written and directed over twenty stage plays. These include Babies Grow Old (1974), Abigail’s Party (1977), Ecstasy (1979), Goose-Pimples (1981), Smelling A Rat (1988), Greek Tragedy (1989), It’s A Great Big Shame! (1993), Two Thousand Years (2005) and Grief (2011).
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